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San Francisco Giants traded for Catcher Erik Kratz. Why?

We had a whole 24 hours worth of thinking the San Francisco Giants were going to keep Aramis Garcia on the 25 man roster to start the season. Now, that seems out of the question, again.

A few weeks after many anointed Rene Rivera the obvious backup catcher, his performances were bad enough that the Giants decided not to retain him. His release, coupled with Garcia’s good spring at the plate certainly had many Giants fans thinking that they would end up keeping him on the roster. But now, Erik Kratz has jumped into the picture.